Extracts from Ovid's Metamorphoses, with copious notes. By I. McBurneyR. Griffin and Company, 1854 - 18 Seiten |
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... Greeks , to Italy . Though it is generally allowed that Ovid follows Hesiod , yet it must be remembered that this Greek writer adopts the notions of Sanchoniatho , the Phoenician , who had ample opportunities of making him- self ...
... Greeks , to Italy . Though it is generally allowed that Ovid follows Hesiod , yet it must be remembered that this Greek writer adopts the notions of Sanchoniatho , the Phoenician , who had ample opportunities of making him- self ...
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... Greek philosophers . The apostle Paul seems to use the philoso- phical language of the times when he speaks of the " third heavens , " the air being the first , the ether the second , and the empyrean the third . 66 29. Elementaque ...
... Greek philosophers . The apostle Paul seems to use the philoso- phical language of the times when he speaks of the " third heavens , " the air being the first , the ether the second , and the empyrean the third . 66 29. Elementaque ...
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... Greek origos , the evening star - from which are formed " Hesperia , " and the " Hesperides . " 33. Zephyrus , " the west wind , " from Yaw , to live ; implying , " the supporter of life , " or " the cherisher of nature . " - Scythia ...
... Greek origos , the evening star - from which are formed " Hesperia , " and the " Hesperides . " 33. Zephyrus , " the west wind , " from Yaw , to live ; implying , " the supporter of life , " or " the cherisher of nature . " - Scythia ...
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... Greek av @ gwros , said to be composed of upwards , w , to turn , and w , the countenance . ανα , 57. " Induit ignotas figuras hominum , " assumed the appearance of men - hitherto unknown . This seems scarcely consistent , as Prometheus ...
... Greek av @ gwros , said to be composed of upwards , w , to turn , and w , the countenance . ανα , 57. " Induit ignotas figuras hominum , " assumed the appearance of men - hitherto unknown . This seems scarcely consistent , as Prometheus ...
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... Greeks and Romans ascribed divine supremacy , was the son of Saturn and Rhea ( or Ops ) . In the character of this deity there is little to admire , or that men should imitate . With power , he exercised the most despicable cunning . He ...
... Greeks and Romans ascribed divine supremacy , was the son of Saturn and Rhea ( or Ops ) . In the character of this deity there is little to admire , or that men should imitate . With power , he exercised the most despicable cunning . He ...
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Seite 1 - Sic erat instabilis tellus, innabilis unda, lucis egens ae'r : nulli sua forma manebat, obstabatque aliis aliud, quia corpore in uno frigida pugnabant calidis, humentia siccis, mollia cum duris, sine pondere habentia pondus.
Seite 45 - ... excute virgineo conceptas pectore flammas, si potes, infelix! si possem, sanior essem; sed trahit invitam nova vis, aliudque cupido, mens aliud suadet. video meliora proboque, deteriora sequor.
Seite 4 - Ipsa quoque immunis rastroque intacta nee ullis saucia vomeribus per se dabat omnia tellus...
Seite 29 - Phaethon, rutilos flamma populante capillos, volvitur in praeceps longoque per aera tractu fertur, ut interdum de caelo stella sereno etsi non cecidit, potuit cecidisse videri. quem procul a patria diverso maximus orbe excipit Eridanus, fumantiaque abluit ora.
Seite 76 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Seite 21 - Saeculaque et positae spatiis aequalibus Horae, Verque novum stabat cinctum florente corona ; Stabat nuda Aestas et spicea serta gerebat ; Stabat et Autumnus calcatis sordidus uvis, Et glacialis Hiems, canos hirsuta capillos. 30 Incle loco medius rerum novitate paventem Sol oculis juvenem, quibus adspicit omnia, vidit, Quaeque viae tibi causa? quid hac, ait, arce petisti, Progenies, Phaethon, baud infitianda parenti?
Seite 2 - ... orbem. sic ubi dispositam, quisquis fuit ille deorum, congeriem secuit sectamque in membra redegit : principio terram, ne non aequalis ab omni parte foret, magni speciem glomeravit in orbis.